The Leanpub Podcast

[This Frontmatter Podcast episode was originally published on 2020-04-15...]

Gabriel Volpe is the author of the Leanpub book Practical FP in Scala: A hands-on approach. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Gabriel about his background, growing up in Argentina and how he got into computers and technology, choosing to live and work abroad, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on March 16, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM149-Gabriel-Volpe-2020-03-16.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Chris Penner is the author of the Leanpub book Optics By Example: Functional Lenses in Haskell. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Chris about his background, how he got into programming, how he specifically got into programming in Haskell, moving to work for a time in Berlin, why a monad in Haskell is like a "programmable semicolon", what "optics" are and a bit about their history, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on July 7, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM160-Chris-Penner-2020-07-07.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Nigel Poulton is the author of the Leanpub books Docker Deep Dive: Zero to Docker in a single book! and The Kubernetes Book. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nigel about his background, the inspiration he drew from Star Trek when he was first learning to program computers, working on IT transformation at huge organizations like banks, writing his first book while working at a hedge fund, the transition from working for companies to working for himself and producing video content, his books, and how he updates them to follow changes in the technology, and the differences between producing and consuming instructional videos and books.

This interview was recorded on July 2, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM159-Nigel-Poulton-2020-07-02.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Matt Vaughn is the author of the Leanpub book Angular Architecture Patterns: Apply Enterprise Principles and Patterns to Build Amazing Applications. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Matt about his background, self-teaching in tech as a continuous learning process, the importance of software architecture, patterns and principles, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on June 25, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM158-Matt-Vaughn-2020-06-25.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Special Guest: Micah Bowers Micah is the founder and CEO of Bluefire Productions. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Micah about his background, his early career work in television, his work with Adobe on various projects, founding Bluefire and eventually creating the Bluefire ereader, the Cloudshelf Reader app and the Cloudshelf SDK, and more.

This interview was recorded on June 16, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM157-Micah-Bowers-2020-06-16.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Special Guest: Jane Friedman is a book publishing industry expert and the editor of The Hot Sheet industry newsletter. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jane about what she's been up to since she last appeared on the podcast, her book The Business of Being a Writer and what you need to know about being a writer from the business side of things, the tension between money and art, and how the pandemic has been affecting many different aspects of the book publishing industry.

This interview was recorded on May 22, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM156-Jane-Friedman-2020-05-22.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Special Guest: Juergen Boos is CEO of the Frankfurt Book Fair, and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award. In this special episode of the podcast, Juergen talks with Leanpub co-founder Len Epp about the history and purpose of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the importance and difficulty of translation, what it's like organizing a major set of awards with a committee of experts from all around the world, arts and literature in the Middle East generally, censorship and the importance for organizations to protect authors and bring visibility to them when they are persecuted, and government funding for the arts during and after the pandemic, among other topics.

This interview was recorded on June 4, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM155-Juergen-Boos-2020-06-04.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Larry Garfield is the author of the Leanpub book Thinking Functionally in PHP. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Larry about his background, how he got into technology, the history of modern handheld computing devices, remote work and the future of in-person conferences given the impact of the pandemic, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on May 20, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM154-Larry-Garfield-2020-05-20.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Special Guest: Maram Taibah is an author, screenwriter, and filmmaker. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Maram about her background, growing up in Saudi Arabia and falling in love with English-language fiction, her films, world-building in fantasy fiction, and her novels, The Road to Elephants and Weathernose.

This interview was recorded on May 5, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM153-Maram-Taibah-2020-05-05.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Alfredo Deza is co-author of the Leanpub book Minimal Python. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Alfredo about his background, his first experience with programming, his experience as an Olympic-level athlete in track and field, moving to the United States from Peru, how he learned Python himself, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on April 22, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM152-Alfredo-Deza-2020-04-22.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.